Namaste Nepalese Restaurant @ Parkside

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March 7, 2016Comment Closed

A foodie friends’ gathering brought us to Namaste Nepalese Restaurant some time back. I’ve had Nepalese cuisine before and enjoyed it so was looking forward to this meal. Surprisingly it didn’t take us too long to decide what to order! Upon first look it’s very similar to Indian cuisine, in fact it is similar to North Indian food but I was told its less spicy and they don’t use cream or curd.

We started off the the crowd favourite snack of pappadums before trying a Mismaas (Mixed Entree) of Momo, Tareko Machha, Samosa, Sekewa and Phulaura served with tomato sauce and mint yoghurt sauce. Samosa we are familiar with, Momo is chicken dumpling with ginger, garlic, spring onion and coriander while Tareko Machha was deep fried fish marinated in Nepalese herbs and spice. Sekewa and Phulaura are marinated chicken fillets and lentil crispy patties respectively. It was a good way to try all the entrées between us and not fill up.

Mixed Entree $15.50

Sekewa $25.50

For our main course we went for something from the Charcoal Clay Oven, a curry and a vegetable dish. From the clay oven we had Sekewa, chicken fillets marinated in roasted cumin and coriander seeds with yoghurt, lemon juice and Szechuan chilli powder. This was served with a lentil daal as a dipping sauce. The chicken fillets were tender and juicy though flavour was underwhelming.

Our be-good dish was Pharsi ko Tarkari (Pumpkin Curry) seeing as one of us loves pumpkin. It was like a pumpkin mash flavoured with mustar seeds, fenugreek, ginger, salt and pepper. A nice accompaniment to our meal.

Pharsi ko Tarkari $11.50

Overall we found the meal underwhelming, the flavours were lacking and it all seemed kind of bland. Unfortunately it was boring to eat and I know Nepalese food to be better than that so thankfully I’m not put off the cuisine altogether. Perhaps I’ve been spoilt, perhaps it’s what we ordered, perhaps it’s my personal taste preference but I think for now I’ll just stick to my favourite Nepalese restaurant in Glenelg.